Elvis
Outline
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Elvis Presley was a singer, actor, and a loving family man.
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Personal Information
1. Birth date and birth place
A. Birth date 8 January 1935
B. Tupelo, Mississippi
2. Family life
A. Parents Vernon and Gladys Presley
B. Twin brother Jessie Garon was stillborn
C. Wife Lisa Marie
3. Education
A. Humes High
4.Ocupation
A. In 1954 singing career with the legendary Sun Records
label.
B. In late 1955, his recording contract was sold to RCA
Victor.
C. Honorably served his country in the U.S. Army.
5. The King is Dead! Hang the Doctor!
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This was 1975, the tours had changed,
and they’d really gotten laborious.
After a performance, Elvis enjoyed
having some of the fans who wanted
to hang around the hotel come up and
talk to him, just to get a feeling of
people in that area and what they
thought of the show and to feed his
ego some.
Elvis only slept for an average of two
or three hours and wake up, two or
three hours and wake up.
He always wanted to keep some of his
medicine there by his bed in case he’d
wake up.
He’d wake up and think he wasn’t
going back to sleep, he’d be half
asleep, and he’d reach over and take
whatever medicine was there
The next day, try to get him up, no
way to get him up after taking so
many pills.
Dr. Nick had received many threats of
violence, and a bullet thought to have
been intended for him struck a doctor
who was sitting behind him at the
Liberty Bowl football game in
Memphis on Thanksgiving Day 1978.
Memphis on Thanksgiving Day 1978,
even before he had been accused in
print and on television of killing Elvis
Presley.
The first time Dr. Nick worked with
Elvis was on a Saturday afternoon
early in 1967, George Klein, a friend
of Presley whose fiancée, a nurse,
worked for Dr. Nick, called Dr. Nick
to the ranch to attend Presley.
J.
Dr. Nick had a syringe with
Novocain, Demerol, and Cortisone
that he would inject, and he’d tell
Elvis this was acupuncture.
We discovered this when we had to
put Elvis in the hospital in ’73. We
almost lost him then.
K.
6. Albums
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1956 Elvis Presley
Elvis
Rock ‘N’ Roll
Loving you
7.Awards and Honors
A. 14 Grammy nominations
B. 3 wins for Gospel performances
C. Named one of the Ten outstanding young men of the
Nation by the United States Junior
D. Chamber of Commerce in 1970
E. In ducted in to the Rock hall of fame in 1986
F. US postage stamp featuring Elvis Presley is issued in
1992
G. Inducted into the country music hall of fame in 1998
H. Inducted into the Gospel music hall of fame 2001
8. Fast Facts
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Holds record for the most consecutive #1 hits (10)
The most weeks at #1 (80)
Holds the most top forty hits (107)
The only singer inducted into Rock n’ Roll, the Country, and
the Gospel music hall of fame
E. Purchased former prez. Franklin Roosevelt’s yacht, the
Potomac, for $55,000 in 1964
F. Received a black belt in karate in 1960
G. His twin brother, Jesse Garon was stillborn
H. Elvis has 18 #1 hits, 97 Gold albums, and 55 Platinum
albums
9. Notable #1 hits
A. Heart break Hotel 1956
B. I want you, I need you, I love you 1956
C. Don’t be cruel 1956
D. A Big Hunk O’ Love 1959
E. Hound Dog 1956
F. Love me Tender 1956
G. Are you Lonesome Tonight? 1960
H. All shook up 1957
I. (Let me be your) Teddy Bear 1957
J. Jail house Rock 1957
10. Overview
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Elvis Aaron Presley, in the humblest
circumstances, was born to Vernon and Gladys
Presley in a two – room house in Tupelo,
Mississippi on January 8, 1935
His twin brother, Jessie Garon, was stillborn,
Leaving Elvis to grow up as an only child.
He and his parents moved to Memphis,
Tennessee in 1948, and Elvis graduated from
Humes High School there in 1953
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